You receive one HO 1:87 master STL of a compact midcentury American rooftop equipment housing — a rooftop HVAC / electrical cabinet style scenic prop evocative of 1940s–1960s industrial architecture. The model reads well at HO scale: a softened blocky silhouette, grouped raised rectangular panel zones suggesting access doors, and thin fin-like protrusions that add mechanical interest. The STL is supplied as a single HO 1:87 master; to print at other scales uniformly rescale the file in your slicer (examples: to O scale 1:48 multiply by 1.8125; to N scale 1:160 multiply by 0.54375).
This file came from a legacy MeshRef export and may require mesh repair — run an automated pass to correct duplicate faces, flipped normals, or nonmanifold edges before slicing. Printing tips: resin printing at low layer heights preserves panel crispness and fin detail; for FDM, orient the model on a broad face, increase perimeters, and use a brim for small feet. Use-cases: rooftop HVAC cabinet, electrical box on a factory roof, background equipment for dioramas and model-railroad layouts, and kitbash components. Paint with flat industrial tones and weather with washes and drybrushing for the most convincing midcentury look.
Available railroad scales: Z (1:220), N (1:160), HO (1:87.1), S (1:64), O (1:48)
Ready to print digital download in one piece with no assembly needed.
IMPORTANT: You are purchasing the file in the scale selected below.
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- Allowed: personal printing for your own layouts, dioramas, tabletop games, and personal display.
- Not allowed: sharing or distributing the digital files (free or paid), re-uploading to any site, bundling, remix resale, or selling/redistributing printed outputs.
- Not allowed: using the files (or derivatives) to train, fine-tune, test, or feed any AI/ML system (including dataset creation).
- Not allowed: commercial use of any kind without a separate written commercial license from Miniature Reality.
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